Resting Heart Rate Predicts Renal End Points in Pre-CVD Patients

(HealthDay News) -- For patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease, resting heart rate (RHR) can predict renal outcomes, according to research published online Nov. 27 in the Journal of Internal Medicine.

Michael Böhm, M.D., from the Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes in Homburg, Germany, and colleagues examined whether RHR could predict renal end points in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease. Data were analyzed for 28,757 patients in the ONTARGET and TRANSCEND trials. The effects of RHR were assessed at different levels of systolic blood pressure.